Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer (d/f/m)

Job summary

Airbus Defence and Space is seeking a Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer to develop and operate high-fidelity Aircraft Simulators in Manching. The role involves shaping the evolution of their Linux-centric IT infrastructure, focusing on "Platform-Development" and "Service Ownership" culture. The engineer will work in a team to empower Software and DevOps Engineers and contribute to the next generation of simulators.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or equivalent in Computer Science or a related discipline.
• At least 5 years of professional experience in the operation and design of Enterprise-level IT Infrastructure.
• High level of expertise in at least one related field (e.g., virtualization, storage, automation).
• Experience with dynamic Provisioning and Immutable Systems.
• Solid Multi-Distro Linux and Windows Lifecycle Management skills.
• Experience in one or more scripting/programming languages (Ansible, Python, Bash, C++, Go).
• Proactivity and a strong urge to automate.
• Experience in DevOps and CI/CD development is a plus.
• Proficiency in related technologies: Virtualization (Proxmox, KVM), Infrastructure provisioning Tools (Ansible, Puppet), Hashicorp Toolstack (Terraform, Packer, Vault), Container based Infrastructure (Docker, Kubernetes), Storage Solutions (Ceph, ZFS, Samba), Monitoring (checkMK, Elastic), Webserver (Apache, Nginx, HAProxy / Traefik), Continuous Integration (Jenkins, Gitlab), Authentication (LDAP, IDM, Active Directory, Kerberos), Networking (VLANs, Cisco IOS, DNS, DHCP, PXE), Version Control Management (Git).
• Excellent German and very good English (negotiation level).

Responsibilities

• Define innovative IT Infrastructure and CI/CD concepts for next generation simulators with software developers.
• Develop and maintain internal IaaS Services and underlying technologies (e.g., Proxmox, Container Platforms, Ansible AWX, Lifecycle Management).
• Develop and maintain internal PaaS Services (e.g., Jenkins, Nexus, SVN, Moodle).
• Ensure smooth and reliable operation of IT Infrastructure during normal business hours.
• Continuously improve IT infrastructure capabilities and reliability by implementing Infrastructure-as-Code solutions.
• Deliver commissioning, update, and decommissioning services for backbone and user-related tools, services, and computing resources (Bare-Metal, Virtualisation, Servers, Network, Authentication).
• Coordinate closely with corporate IT services like ITSec and Networking.

Skills

Relocation